belong to

verb

belonged to; belonging to; belongs to

1

: to be the property of (someone) : to be owned by

The money belongs to him.

The house belongs not just to her, but to her husband as well.

His style belongs only to himself.

2

: to be a member of (a club, organization, etc.)

The family belongs to a country club.

Most of the company's employees belong to an HMO.

3

: to be included in (a category, group, etc.)

What family does that bird belong to?

4

: to be a part of (something)

the parts belonging to the clock

Examples of belong to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The small plane belonged to the local Peruvian airline Aerodiana, ​local authorities said, and had taken off from the Pisco Airport. — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026

Strikes in the region have been relatively calmer over the past few days, although Kuwait said Iran hit a building belonging to a Chinese company in the northern part of the country on Thursday, killing one employee. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026

Ukrainian drone strikes killed at least five people across Russia, also hitting industrial sites and a further warehouse belonging to Russia’s e-commerce giant Wildberries, local officials said. — ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

The station itself belongs to the region's transit district, which in 2012 awarded the redevelopment to the Union Station Alliance, a group formed in 2001 whose managing partners were McWhinney and hotelier Walter Isenberg. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for belong to

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue